Category Archives: Syndicated
German prosecutors probe Wirecard for money laundering
BERLIN (Reuters) - German state prosecutors are investigating Wirecard for suspected money laundering, a spokeswoman for the Munich prosecutor's office said on Thursday. "We are investigating suspecte...
Jul 09, 2020
Zambian health minister’s corruption trial delayed a week
LUSAKA (Reuters) - The trial of Zambia's Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, who was arrested in June on suspicion of corruption, was postponed by a week on Thursday. Chilufya, 47, was charged with four...
Jul 09, 2020
Fears at Nile’s convergence in Sudan that new dam will sap river’s strength
By Zohra Bensemra and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At an open-air, riverbank factory where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet in Sudan, Mohamed Ahmed al Ameen and his colleagues mould thousands of ...
Jul 09, 2020
Proportion of COVID-19 contacts reached by English tracing scheme falls again
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of the contacts of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England's test and trace system fell again in its fifth week of operation, figures from the health ministry show...
Jul 09, 2020
‘Fight Island’ opens with three UFC titles up for grabs
(Reuters) - The UFC's "Fight Island" venue comes into operation on Saturday as UFC 251 takes place in Abu Dhabi, with three title fights and a set of health and safety measures in place due to the con...
Jul 09, 2020
Irish consumer prices fall year-on-year for third successive month
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish consumer prices fell on an annual basis for the third successive month in June, falling by 0.4% versus a five-year low of -0.5% in May, data from the Central Statistics Office...
Jul 09, 2020
‘Disaster’ U.S. earnings loom, but investors try and look beyond
By Caroline Valetkevitch and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies are preparing to open their books on a quarter that is set to show the biggest earnings fall since the financial crisis, ...
Jul 09, 2020
China’s Huawei says Italy should not act on ‘baseless allegations’
MILAN (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies defended its record as a private sector infrastructure group on Thursday following reports Italy was considering excluding it from building its planned 5G...
Jul 09, 2020
Vodafone would have to spend billions to remove Huawei: exec
LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone said removing equipment made by Huawei from its British network would cost "single figure billions" of pounds, and would be highly disruptive for customers if the governmen...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Trump bid to conceal his financial records
By Lawrence Hurley and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on whether Democratic-led congressional committees and a New York City prosecutor can get hold...
Jul 09, 2020
